Apples in a Spacecraft
- 6 August 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 173 (3996) , 522-525
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.173.3996.522
Abstract
Some consequences of Newtonian mechanics, previously overlooked, result in a new understanding of the behavior of small bodies in the solar system. Collisions between such bodies lead not to a scattering of these bodies over an increasing volume but instead to a contraction resulting in a "jet stream," with application to meteor streams and streams of asteroids. It is possible that comets are formed by bunching in such streams.Keywords
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- Poor Man's Guide to Celestial MechanicsNature, 1970